Stoneclad is a monster from Cherokee folklore. Details about Stoneclad vary from telling to telling-- in some versions there is only
one, while in others there are a whole race of Stoneclads. In some versions Stoneclad is man-sized, or indeed is a human witch that turned
himself into an invulnerable monster; in others, he is a stone-skinned giant like the Stonecoats of the northern Iroquois tribes.
In all cases he has rocklike plates of armor that protect him from fire, cold, and weapons; he is defeated only through sapping his magical
power by destroying his talismans or exposing him to menstruating women.